diff --git a/paddle/fluid/eager/amp_auto_cast.h b/paddle/fluid/eager/amp_auto_cast.h
index 6d5758adbe526144d155b8f7dbd6a3e1356ae4e2..3a96b23dcebbbfccd205a936cf0b4d787c5d0151 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/eager/amp_auto_cast.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/eager/amp_auto_cast.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace egr {
 
 static inline bool NeedCast(const paddle::experimental::Tensor& tensor,
                             const paddle::experimental::DataType& dst_dtype) {
-  auto place = tensor.inner_place();
+  auto place = tensor.place();
   auto data_type = tensor.dtype();
   if (paddle::platform::is_gpu_place(place) ||
       paddle::platform::is_cuda_pinned_place(place) ||
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/eager/eager_amp_auto_cast.h b/paddle/fluid/eager/eager_amp_auto_cast.h
index 9bd1ca1f6fe53218bc15685bf4d7669eb6b11045..ee9da41881b2da0c59b45df2679de509991d7be1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/eager/eager_amp_auto_cast.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/eager/eager_amp_auto_cast.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace egr {
 
 static inline bool NeedCast(const paddle::experimental::Tensor& tensor,
                             const paddle::experimental::DataType& dst_dtype) {
-  auto place = tensor.inner_place();
+  auto place = tensor.place();
   auto data_type = tensor.dtype();
   if (paddle::platform::is_gpu_place(place) ||
       paddle::platform::is_cuda_pinned_place(place) ||
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.cc b/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.cc
index 6afdd854344eb95a27b003d662719b680b00d91b..72b84b9db3210f50e7c74cc0b7e37abef263b769 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.cc
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void GradNodeBase::SetGradInMeta(const paddle::experimental::Tensor& fwd_out,
           "which is illegal."));
 
   meta.SetTensorMeta(dense_tensor->meta());
-  meta.SetPlace(fwd_out.inner_place());
+  meta.SetPlace(fwd_out.place());
 
   if (paddle::framework::IsComplexType(
           paddle::framework::TransToProtoVarType(dense_tensor->type()))) {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void GradNodeBase::SetGradInMeta(
                                           "with phi::DataType::UNDEFINED,"
                                           "which is illegal."));
       meta.SetTensorMeta(dense_tensor->meta());
-      meta.SetPlace(fwd_out_tensor.inner_place());
+      meta.SetPlace(fwd_out_tensor.place());
 
       if (paddle::framework::IsComplexType(
               paddle::framework::TransToProtoVarType(dense_tensor->type()))) {
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void GradNodeBase::SetGradOutMeta(const paddle::experimental::Tensor& fwd_in,
                                           "with phi::DataType::UNDEFINED,"
                                           "which is illegal."));
       meta.SetTensorMeta(dense_tensor->meta());
-      meta.SetPlace(fwd_in.inner_place());
+      meta.SetPlace(fwd_in.place());
     }
   } else {
     VLOG(6) << "Unable to initialize the DenseTensorMeta of GradSlotMeta with "
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void GradNodeBase::SetGradOutMeta(
                               "phi::DataType::UNDEFINED,"
                               "which is illegal."));
         meta.SetTensorMeta(dense_tensor->meta());
-        meta.SetPlace(fwd_in_tensor.inner_place());
+        meta.SetPlace(fwd_in_tensor.place());
       }
     } else {
       VLOG(6) << "Unable to initialize the DenseTensorMeta of GradSlotMeta "
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.h b/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.h
index 6a70a16a2416fac288374df07fa10886e502e31b..decb682bf45179e53b2b79699330a0f92f566b70 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_node_info.h
@@ -317,11 +317,11 @@ inline void CheckTensor(const paddle::experimental::Tensor& pre,
             paddle::framework::DataType2String(pre.dtype()),
             paddle::framework::DataType2String(post.dtype())));
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
-        pre.inner_place(), post.inner_place(),
+        pre.place(), post.place(),
         paddle::platform::errors::PermissionDenied(
             "The place of tensor before(%s) and after(%s) "
             "hook are not consistent",
-            pre.inner_place().DebugString(), post.inner_place().DebugString()));
+            pre.place().DebugString(), post.place().DebugString()));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_tensor_holder.cc b/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_tensor_holder.cc
index 183282d6f87b2064041f66cbdfd2e525bfa071b5..27a8c6002e29d67f504bd1741998ec5e9350843e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_tensor_holder.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/eager/grad_tensor_holder.cc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void GradTensorHolder::CopyValueFromTensor(
     paddle::experimental::Tensor& buffer_tensor = buffer_[slot_id][rank];
     if ((!buffer_tensor.defined() || !buffer_tensor.initialized())) {
       // Perform deep copy here
-      buffer_tensor.copy_(t, t.inner_place(), false);
+      buffer_tensor.copy_(t, t.place(), false);
       buffer_tensor.set_autograd_meta(t.mutable_autograd_meta());
 
     } else {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void GradTensorHolder::CopyValueFromTensor(
     if (t.defined()) {
       // Fill 1.0, use full to support complex, one_like don't support it.
       buffer_[slot_id][rank] =
-          paddle::experimental::full(t.shape(), 1, t.dtype(), t.inner_place());
+          paddle::experimental::full(t.shape(), 1, t.dtype(), t.place());
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/eager/pylayer/py_layer_node.h b/paddle/fluid/eager/pylayer/py_layer_node.h
index f2e50494467c7a29b9b274d8b3ce35455e5b6b4f..87e8acf88a6948c3048eee2d7f07ab0aa05b1e0a 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/eager/pylayer/py_layer_node.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/eager/pylayer/py_layer_node.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class GradNodePyLayer : public GradNodeBase {
         } else {
           forward_outputs_meta_[i].emplace_back();
         }
-        forward_outputs_place_[i].emplace_back(tensor->inner_place());
+        forward_outputs_place_[i].emplace_back(tensor->place());
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/eager/tests/data_structure_tests/eager_tensor_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/eager/tests/data_structure_tests/eager_tensor_test.cc
index de9758b73d2503e76b913d6a40d87dd26f641018..9afe3962faa29bd600c280d00dcf94d38b12a8e8 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/eager/tests/data_structure_tests/eager_tensor_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/eager/tests/data_structure_tests/eager_tensor_test.cc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ TEST(Tensor, MemberFunction) {
   CHECK_EQ(et3.dims(), expected_dim);
   CHECK_EQ(et3.type(), paddle::experimental::DataType::FLOAT32);
   CHECK_EQ(et3.layout(), paddle::experimental::DataLayout::NCHW);
-  CHECK(paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(et3.inner_place()));
+  CHECK(paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(et3.place()));
   VLOG(6) << "Get impl";
   auto* dt3_ptr =
       std::dynamic_pointer_cast<phi::DenseTensor>(et3.impl())->data<float>();
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager.cc
index 74d15b6c0ca7957d2bff7a46358323686efaa556..c529d121f39450e528bcab5fadb4436fb117fab5 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager.cc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void InitTensorWithTensor(TensorObject* self,
                           const paddle::platform::Place& place,
                           const std::string& name) {
   self->tensor.set_name(name);
-  if (place == src.inner_place()) {
+  if (place == src.place()) {
     auto impl = std::static_pointer_cast<phi::DenseTensor>(src.impl());
     self->tensor.set_impl(impl);
     VLOG(4) << "Same place, do ShareDataWith";
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_functions.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_functions.cc
index fb115455357ddad7f164a6bfbb0f6c862d2dc472..1073cdc83a428bd0a4159b2202e0e21dd84dedd2 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_functions.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_functions.cc
@@ -554,32 +554,32 @@ static PyObject* eager_api_async_read(PyObject* self, PyObject* args,
       src.is_gpu_pinned(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument("Required `src` device should be "
                                         "CUDAPinnedPlace, but received %d.",
-                                        src.inner_place()));
+                                        src.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
       dst.is_gpu(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
           "Required `dst` device should be CUDAPlace, but received %d.",
-          dst.inner_place()));
+          dst.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
       index.is_cpu(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
           "Required `index` device should be CPUPlace, but received %d.",
-          index.inner_place()));
+          index.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(buffer.is_gpu_pinned(), true,
                     platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
                         "Required `buffer` device should be CUDAPinnedPlace, "
                         "but received %d.",
-                        buffer.inner_place()));
+                        buffer.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
       offset.is_cpu(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
           "Required `offset` device should be CPUPlace, but received %d.",
-          offset.inner_place()));
+          offset.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
       count.is_cpu(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
           "Required `count` device should be CPUPlace, but received %d.",
-          count.inner_place()));
+          count.place()));
 
   auto& src_tensor = src;
   auto* dst_tensor = &dst;
@@ -701,22 +701,22 @@ static PyObject* eager_api_async_write(PyObject* self, PyObject* args,
       src.is_gpu(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
           "Required `src` device should be CUDAPlace, but received %d. ",
-          src.inner_place()));
+          src.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(dst.is_gpu_pinned(), true,
                     platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
                         "Required `dst` device should be CUDAPinnedPlace, "
                         "but received %d. ",
-                        dst.inner_place()));
+                        dst.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
       offset.is_cpu(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument("Required `offset` device should "
                                         "be CPUPlace, but received %d. ",
-                                        offset.inner_place()));
+                                        offset.place()));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
       count.is_cpu(), true,
       platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
           "Required `count` device should be CPUPlace, but received %d. ",
-          count.inner_place()));
+          count.place()));
 
   // TODO(daisiming): In future, add index as arguments following
   // async_read.
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc
index 6dbed97a55f407414ad08837233ea6ffb20c2d0e..4610196726e75d7ca9058c4784cf54dce4b99e72 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@ static PyObject* tensor_method_copy_(TensorObject* self, PyObject* args,
         ->SetPersistable(
             egr::EagerUtils::autograd_meta(&(src_tensor))->Persistable());
     if (src_tensor.initialized()) {
-      self->tensor.copy_(src_tensor, src_tensor.inner_place(), blocking);
+      self->tensor.copy_(src_tensor, src_tensor.place(), blocking);
     }
   } else {
     if (src_tensor.initialized()) {
-      self->tensor.copy_(src_tensor, self->tensor.inner_place(), blocking);
+      self->tensor.copy_(src_tensor, self->tensor.place(), blocking);
     }
   }
 
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ static PyObject* tensor_method__setitem_eager_tensor(TensorObject* self,
       } else {
         SetTensorFromPyArray(
             static_cast<phi::DenseTensor*>(value_tensor_tmp.impl().get()),
-            value, value_tensor_tmp.inner_place(), false);
+            value, value_tensor_tmp.place(), false);
       }
 
       value_tensor = value_tensor_tmp;
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static PyObject* tensor_method__setitem_eager_tensor(TensorObject* self,
                            platform::Place(platform::CPUPlace()), false);
 #endif
     } else {
-      SetTensorFromPyArray(self_tensor, self_numpy, self->tensor.inner_place(),
+      SetTensorFromPyArray(self_tensor, self_numpy, self->tensor.place(),
                            false);
     }
   }
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ static PyObject* tensor_method__share_memory(TensorObject* self, PyObject* args,
                                              PyObject* kwargs) {
   EAGER_TRY
 #ifndef _WIN32
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(platform::is_cpu_place(self->tensor.inner_place()), true,
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(platform::is_cpu_place(self->tensor.place()), true,
                     platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
                         "Sharing memory only support CPU Tensor currently"));
   // 1. get LoDTensor
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ static PyObject* tensor_method__uva(TensorObject* self, PyObject* args,
                     platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
                         "Unified virtual addressing only support "
                         "DenseTensor currently."));
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(platform::is_cpu_place(self->tensor.inner_place()), true,
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(platform::is_cpu_place(self->tensor.place()), true,
                     platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
                         "Unified virtual addressing only support "
                         "CPU Tensor currently."));
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc
index a72ea6c4b02e1595987806a7850f17d5ad4d39f7..797b68fcb36ea9d2e0896eccb49e6afc95ebe2e4 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int tensor_properties_set_grad(TensorObject* self, PyObject* value,
                      "Detected NULL grad"
                      "Please check if you have manually cleared"
                      "the grad inside autograd_meta"));
-  grad->copy_(src, self->tensor.inner_place(), true);
+  grad->copy_(src, self->tensor.place(), true);
   return 0;
   EAGER_CATCH_AND_THROW_RETURN_NEG
 }
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ PyObject* tensor_properties_get_shape(TensorObject* self, void* closure) {
 
 PyObject* tensor_properties_get_place(TensorObject* self, void* closure) {
   EAGER_TRY
-  return ToPyObject(self->tensor.inner_place());
+  return ToPyObject(self->tensor.place());
   EAGER_CATCH_AND_THROW_RETURN_NULL
 }
 
 PyObject* tensor_properties_get_place_str(TensorObject* self, void* closure) {
   EAGER_TRY
   std::stringstream ostr;
-  ostr << self->tensor.inner_place();
+  ostr << self->tensor.place();
   return ToPyObject(ostr.str());
   EAGER_CATCH_AND_THROW_RETURN_NULL
 }
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/include/tensor.h b/paddle/phi/api/include/tensor.h
index d3efb7ca1c21e6e752f30ad3763677bde3a23863..3c3da4b749ed0787ec78f14df0f1e73e499988af 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/include/tensor.h
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/include/tensor.h
@@ -249,21 +249,11 @@ class PADDLE_API Tensor final {
 
   /**
    * @brief Return the place (device) of Tensor.
-   * This is a deprecated method and may be removed in the future!
    *
    * @return Place
    */
   Place place() const;
 
-  /**
-   * @brief Return the place (device) of Tensor.
-   *
-   * This is a deprecated method and may be removed in the future!!!
-   *
-   * @return Place
-   */
-  Place inner_place() const;
-
   /**
    * @brief Determine whether the tensor device is CPU
    *
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/lib/kernel_dispatch.cc b/paddle/phi/api/lib/kernel_dispatch.cc
index 6d97dc7657f00616c8970e86b03f09f35eaa4a0f..a534f02663dffe3b8a9533d8cb76851be71f1f8c 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/lib/kernel_dispatch.cc
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/lib/kernel_dispatch.cc
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Backend ParseBackend(const Place& place) {
   return phi::TransToPhiBackend(place);
 }
 Backend ParseBackend(const Tensor& tensor) {
-  return phi::TransToPhiBackend(tensor.inner_place());
+  return phi::TransToPhiBackend(tensor.place());
 }
 
 Backend ParseBackendWithInputOrder(const Place& place, const Tensor& tensor) {
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor.cc b/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor.cc
index 07204b7ffcf61ae35181e7c8a3bd5ee22e8d1d3f..7eff846bbc1e389810127526db0b6d63228b482b 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor.cc
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor.cc
@@ -163,25 +163,12 @@ Place Tensor::place() const {
   return impl_->place();
 }
 
-Place Tensor::inner_place() const {
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(
-      impl_,
-      phi::errors::PermissionDenied(
-          "Null pointer error, the impl_ of Tensor should not be "
-          "Null when calling Tensor::inner_place()."));
-  return impl_->place();
-}
-
-bool Tensor::is_cpu() const {
-  return paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(inner_place());
-}
+bool Tensor::is_cpu() const { return paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(place()); }
 
-bool Tensor::is_gpu() const {
-  return paddle::platform::is_gpu_place(inner_place());
-}
+bool Tensor::is_gpu() const { return paddle::platform::is_gpu_place(place()); }
 
 bool Tensor::is_gpu_pinned() const {
-  return paddle::platform::is_cuda_pinned_place(inner_place());
+  return paddle::platform::is_cuda_pinned_place(place());
 }
 
 /* Part 4: Data Access methods */
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor_method.cc b/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor_method.cc
index 46ca457b2c10ac59827f9c89d9534d8f1488acad..79519f67d2ad3f59b6c67df9d13b5efcdd780a91 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor_method.cc
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/lib/tensor_method.cc
@@ -97,16 +97,15 @@ void Tensor::copy_(const Tensor &src,
                           name(),
                           src.name()));
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(target_place,
-                      inner_place(),
+                      place(),
                       phi::errors::PreconditionNotMet(
                           "Place is different of dst tensor and args %s, which "
                           "current tensor holds %s "
                           "Copy cannot be performed!",
                           target_place,
-                          inner_place()));
-    kernel_key_set.backend_set =
-        kernel_key_set.backend_set |
-        BackendSet(phi::TransToPhiBackend(inner_place()));
+                          place()));
+    kernel_key_set.backend_set = kernel_key_set.backend_set |
+                                 BackendSet(phi::TransToPhiBackend(place()));
   } else {
     // Deep Copy AutoGrad info from src to self.
     *autograd_meta_ = *(src.autograd_meta_);